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The Pox: The Life and Near Death of a Very Social Disease

The Pox: The Life and Near Death of a Very Social Disease

by KevinBrown (Author)

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    Hardcover 2006

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Synopsis

From almost the time when man first discovered the pleasures of sin, he has also experienced the torments of the Pox. Drawing on references from art and literature, stories of famous sufferers and medical documents, this book presents the history of syphilis and gonorrhoea, and their treatment, from the Renaissance to the antibiotic age.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 288
 Edition: UK ed.
 Publisher: The History Press
Published: 21 Sep 2006
ISBN 10: 0750940417
ISBN 13: 9780750940412

Author Bio
Kevin Brown has been Trust Archivist and Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum Curator, at St Mary's NHS Trust, Paddington since 1989. He set up the archive service at the hospital and established the Museum in 1993. He is chairman of the London Museums of Health and Medicine, and the author of Penicillin Man: Alexander Fleming and the Antibiotic Revolution.